Author, Narrator, and Literary Character:A Study of Xenophon’s "Anabasis"

• Authors: Hajduk Jacek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses Xenophon’s Anabasis. Its main aim is to present some new research perspectives for Classical Studies. It analyzes such aspects of Xenophon’s opus as author, implied author, narrator, narratee and narrative, as well as literary character and the human context. The article is a sort of introduction to narratological studies, concerning classical narrative texts, which has not so far been thoroughly tested for its inner structure.

Keywords

EN

Xenophon; Anabasis; Greek prose; author; implied author; narratology; narrator; narratee; narrative; literary character

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Classica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 16
• Pages: 45-62

Contributors

author

Hajduk Jacek

• Jagiellonian University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12797/CC.16.2013.16.04